Updates & Alerts

The Future of Australian Legal Education conference was successfully co-hosted by The Australian Law Journal and the Australian Academy of Law, on 11-13 August at the Federal Court of Australia, Sydney. Opened by the Chief Justice of the Federal Court, the Hon James Allsop AO, the...

We continually review our titles and classification schemes in FirstPoint on Westlaw AU to ensure currency, coverage and relevance. The latest review has resulted in a new classification scheme for the Fire, Explosives and Firearms title.

Update 332 – August 2017: The following Subtitles were updated in August 2017 and are now available on Westlaw AU: International Trade 24.4 "International Taxation" (Chs 1–4), Unfair Dealing 35.2 "Misrepresentation", Unfair Dealing 35.8 "Undue Influence".

As a part of the ongoing enhancement project for Quick on Costs, the first part of the Remedies for Costs chapter has been released with Update 93 in August.

One of the latest updates to the FirstPoint classification scheme on Westlaw AU is a new classification scheme for the Highways title. This title covers cases on all forms of highway, such as roads, streets, lanes, public ways and footpaths. It also extends to artificial structures...

The Motor Vehicle Law Qld Noticeboard is your definitive resource for both civil and criminal aspects of motor vehicle law news as it occurs. Frequently updated by respected barristers Simon Cilento and Andrew West, the Noticeboard keeps you informed of the latest key legislative and...

The Motor Vehicle Law Qld Noticeboard is your definitive resource for both civil and criminal aspects of motor vehicle law news as it occurs. Frequently updated by respected barristers Simon Cilento and Andrew West, the Noticeboard keeps you informed of the latest key legislative and...

The Motor Vehicle Law Qld Noticeboard is your definitive resource for both civil and criminal aspects of motor vehicle law news as it occurs. Frequently updated by respected barristers Simon Cilento and Andrew West, the Noticeboard keeps you informed of the latest key legislative and...

The Motor Vehicle Law Qld Noticeboard is your definitive resource for both civil and criminal aspects of motor vehicle law news as it occurs. Frequently updated by respected barristers Simon Cilento and Andrew West, the Noticeboard keeps you informed of the latest key legislative and...

The Motor Vehicle Law Qld Noticeboard is your definitive resource for both civil and criminal aspects of motor vehicle law news as it occurs. Frequently updated by respected barristers Simon Cilento and Andrew West, the Noticeboard keeps you informed of the latest key legislative and...

Expanded classifications for the character test, independent review or assessment of decisions and hearings with respect to protection visa (Pt 7-reviewable) decisions. A recent extensive review of FirstPoint’s classification scheme for Citizenship and migration by one of our...

Update 1500 Sydney Time - The issue impacting TR Westlaw Alerts has been resolved and all alerts are being reprocessed in order. This make take some time and stretch into the evening. Normal Alert processing should be resumed tomorrow. Again we apologise for the inconvenience.